Hear the spirited sounds of the Long Island Philharmonic, led by Music Director David Stewart Wiley, when the orchestra performs a free holiday concert at the Mitchel Athletic Complex in Uniondale on Saturday.

Exhibits and more...

Across Time & Place: Treasures from the Permanent CollectionThis rotating exhibition highlights a broad range of works by 19th and 20th century American and European artists from the Heckscher Museum’s Permanent Collection. Of particular interest is Étienne Berne-Bellecour’s monumental Embarkation Maneuver, 1882, which factually depicts the departure of a regiment of cuirassiers following the Franco-Prussian War. Heckscher Museum of Art, Main St. and Prime Ave., Huntington. (631) 351-3250 or www.heckscher.org. Artists in AmericaA survey of 300 years of great American paintings. Artists from every era of American art are featured among the exhibit’s 79 works, including John Singleton Copley, Charles Willson Peale, John Singer Sargent, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Edward Hopper, Georgia O’Keeffe, Norman Rockwell, Robert Motherwell and Sol LeWitt. The works are selected from the permanent collections of the New Britain Museum of American Art in Connecticut. Through Feb. 24. Nassau County Museum of Art, 1 Museum Dr., Roslyn Harbor. 484-9337 or www.nassaumuseum.org.The “Iranian Schindler”An exhibit of photograhs and artifacts honoring Abdol-Hossein Sardari, the Iranian envoy stationed in Paris who rescued thousands of Jews from the Nazis. Through December. Holocaust Memorial and Tolerance Center of Nassau County, 100 Crescent Beach Rd., Glen Cove. 571-8040 ext. 100 or www.holocaust-nassau.org. Political Slant: Editorial CartoonsOriginal sketches and digital prints of contemporary cartoons by five editorial cartoonists: Walt Handelsman of Newsday, Mike Keefe, Steve Kelley, Jimmy Margulies of The Record (North New Jersey) and Signe Wilkinson of the Philadelphia Daily News. Through Dec. 21. Hofstra University’s David Filderman Gallery, Joan and Donald E. Axinn Library, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672.Toward Greater Awareness: Darfur and American ActivismThis exhibit, featuring large-scale sculptures by American artist Mitch Lewis, focuses on the genocide that occurred in Darfur and Sudan from 2003 to 2006, as well as the American response to the crisis. It is presented in conjunction with October’s Presidential Debate. Through Dec. 16. Hofstra University’s Emily Lowe Gallery, Emily Lowe Hall, South Campus, Hempstead. 463-5672. Afternoon MovieSee “The Amazing Spiderman,” the latest version of the superhero’s tale, Friday, Nov, 30, 2:30 p.m.; also “October Sky,” the inspiriational story of NASA engineer Homer Hickam, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 2 p.m. Elmont Memorial Library Theatre, 700 Hempstead Tpke., Elmont. 354-5280.At the MoviesSee the comedy “Tyler Perry’s Madea’s Witness Protection,” Friday, Nov. 30, 1 p.m. Baldwin Public Library, 2385 Grand Ave., Baldwin. 223-6228.Monday FilmSee “Moonrise Kingdom,” about two 12 year-olds in a small New England town in the summer of 1965, Monday, Dec. 3, 1:30 and 7 p.m. Oceanside Library, 30 Davison Ave., Oceanside. 766-2360.Movie ShowingWatch “Peace, Love & Misunderstanding,” the comedy about an uptight New York City lawyer who visits her hippie mother’s farmhouse with her two teenagers, with Jane Fonda, Tuesday, Dec. 4, 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262. Movie TimeSee “Moonrise Kingdom,” about two 12 year-olds in a small New England town in the summer of 1965, Wednesday, Dec. 5, 7 p.m. Hewlett-Woodmere Public Library, 1125 Broadway, Hewlett. 374-1967.Art TalkExplore “Religion in Art,” with art historian Professor Thomas Germano, Thursday, Dec. 6, 1 p.m. Peninsula Public Library, 280 Central Ave., Lawrence. 239-3262.